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Fashion Tips for Cheapskates

May 4, 2016 Mary Kelly Looking Good 10 comments

Dress Better For Less 1001 Tips for Saving Money on Quality Clothes Audette 1981 Another book that would be great for 1981 but idiotic for 2016. I am all over books that offer money saving tips. I doubt any of

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Get Yourself Together

January 14, 2015 Mary Kelly Talkin 'Bout My Generation 14 comments

Get Yourself Together Schwab 1987 Show of hands: How many of you dabbled in these awesome late 80s fashions? Of course, I can’t believe it is still in a teen nonfiction collection. I can hear every modern teen girl going

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Modern Style for a Modern Girl

March 3, 2014 Holly Ladies only!, Looking Good 12 comments

How you look and dress 4th Edition Carson 1969 Submitter: Yes, we are finally getting into some serious weeding of our academic library, hence this little gem. It has everything the modern girl (in 1969) would want to know: -How

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Make it in denim cover

Dazzle Them With Denim!

May 6, 2013 Mary Kelly Looking Good 8 comments

Make it in Denim Todhunter 1977 Wow! That is a lot of look. If it is all denim, that has to be a very heavy caftan.  I remember that caftans were big in the late 60s and 70s. I think

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Dress for success cover

Looking Good For Your Man

July 9, 2012 Mary Kelly Looking Good 18 comments

How to Dress for Success Head 1967 I was so excited to find this gem tucked away in a university collection. Of course Edith Head is a fashion icon, and this book is completely appropriate for any serious fashion collection,

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Dressing Up cover

Fashion for the 80s

March 7, 2011 Mary Kelly Looking Good 24 comments

Dressing Up How to look and feel absolutely perfect for any social occasion Berenson 1984 Any old timers remember Marisa Berenson?  When I found this book I kept thinking I knew this actress from somewhere.  Then I remembered the film

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